Microsoft Says It's Misunderstood,
Has Considered Other Strategies

By

David Bank and

Dean Takahashi Staff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Dec. 19, 1997 12:48 p.m. ET

REDMOND, Wash. -- Responding to a growing perception that it committed a strategic blunder, Microsoft Corp. said it has considered alternative ways of complying with a federal judge's preliminary injunction, implying it has a fallback position for settling an escalating dispute with the Justice Department.